Sunday, January 23, 2011

IT IS NOT THE AUSTRALIAN WAY

Floods? Oh yeah, we're happy to help. It's what makes Australia great, our willingness to band together when our fellow countrymen are in trouble and put every hand to the tiller to help out. It's mateship, it's the Australian way, it's what makes us unique among nations, our eagerness to help, our can-do spirit, our indefatigable love of pitching in to see our friends through a rough spot.

So absolutely we'll help. We'll work as hard as we can, we'll give till it hurts, we will do everything that is humanly possible to help you poor buggers get back on your feet again. 'Cos we're Australians, and Australians lend a hand when times are tough. With you all the way.

Oh great! Then would you mind perhaps just paying a little bit extra tax for a short while?

HOW DARE YOU WHAT A DISGUSTING NOTION THAT IS COMPLETELY UN-AUSTRALIAN GO TAKE SOME MONEY FROM SOMEONE ELSE LEAVE ME ALONE YOU GREEDY BASTARDS

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm surprised that no-one seems to have seen the illogic in striving to maintain a "surplus" in the budget, while also having a "special levy" to fix the flood damage?

ummmm..... use the surplus budget cash (presumably for a rainy day... no the irony is not lost) and if that isn't enough THEN a special levy?

But a special levy while also maintaining a surplus when said surplus could also be used seems illogical

Ben Pobjie said...

Ah well, Anon, John Howard taught us all that surpluses aren't for using, they're for...erm...um...sort of...having.

Sonia said...

Just think of it as paying back to stimulus money you received during the GFC. Nothing comes without a price